this is bbc news. donald trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he is defeated in november. in response the senate's top republican tweets there will be an "orderly transition." the president was met with chants of "vote him out" on the steps of the supreme court as he refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he is defeated in november. we wa nt we want to make sure the election is honest and i am not sure if it can be. i do not know if it can be with this whole situation. unsolicited ballots, millions sent to everybody. the uk chancellor delivers a shot in the arm to the british jobs market — but while his new support scheme is welcomed, it will not prevent

a sharp rise in unemployment. also in the programme. more angry protests across america follwing a decision not to purse a murder charge in the case of breonna taylor. the fbi says it is still investigating and federal charges are still possible. and the legacy lives on. as they gather to honour ruth bader ginsburg in washington —— we will hear from 3 women whose lives were changed by the life of the late supreme courtjustice. hello, i amjane o'brien in washington, christian fraser is in london. the peaceful transition of power is the hallmark of this country's democracy. america's very first president, george washintgon said it's what will separate us from every other nation in the world. so, donald trump's refusal last night to commit to the most basic tenet of the constitution, has enraged democrats.

and again it has put his own party on the defensive. many republicans have stayed silent today about mr. trump's comments. but prominent figures in the party have rushed to say that the party would accept the results of the election. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell tweeted: "there will be an orderly transition just as there has been every four years since 1792." marco rubio, senator from florida said it may take longer than usual to know the outcome, but at noon onjan. 20th 2021 we will peacefully swear in the president." the utah senator. mitt romney, a frequent critic of this president said "without peaceful transition of power; there is belarus. both unthinkakble and unacceptable." well the president has just been speaking — again he's cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election. it on the legitimacy of the election. is reported and v newspapers it is reported and what are the newspapers that they found a lot of

ballots a nd newspapers that they found a lot of ballots and a river. they throw them out if they have the name donald trump on it,. is that there was no name on them. they still found them in the river whether or not they had a name on it. and they were thrown into a wastepaper basket, we want to make sure that the election is honest and i'm not sure if it can be. joe biden has issued a statement, saying — the american people will decide this election. and the united states government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the white house well, if the election was to be contested — north carolina is exactly the kind of state where it could happen. the race between trump and biden is neck and neck. the republican thom thillis's senate seat is in play. and local politicians are already feuding over what should make an absentee ballot invalid. let's speak to tim wigginton — he is the republican party's press secretary in north carolina and hejoins us from campaign hq in raleigh.

people want stability. they want confidence in the electoral system. so, what message does it send with the president himself continues to undermine the process?” the president himself continues to undermine the process? i think the president has been clear that we should have an orderly election with the law is followed as written. on the law is followed as written. on the other hand, you see people like hillary clinton saying thatjoe biden should not concede the election under any circumstances. so, the republicans are clear they we re so, the republicans are clear they were going to have an orderly transition of power while the democrats question whether they will actually accept the results of the election. are you making preparations for delays in the votes of north carolina 7 preparations for delays in the votes of north carolina? are you ready for that? yeah, we are on the ground

right now making sure that we have observers in place and legal strategies making sure that everything is happening in the keep track. so we will be ready? what do you think might happen?” track. so we will be ready? what do you think might happen? i hope nothing happens. i hope we have a open, transparent process that follows the laws as written. why would there not been open and process ? would there not been open and process? do not have confidence in the mail in ballots? the republican legislature pass new laws in response to covid—i9 to make the process simpler the democratic governor signed the law, but several liberal lawsuits are being filed to try to change the process of the last minute after voting is already begun. many have cast their ballots would be concern for the democrats and liberal groups to try to change

the rules after the process is started. if this when all the way to the supreme court, do you think the justice the republicans might‘ve run through in the next a0 days should be sitting on a decision as to whether or not donald trump returns to the white house?” whether or not donald trump returns to the white house? i think it is important that we have a supreme court that is functional and as republicans have an obligation to fill the seat in constitutional obligation to consent, i don't think you should have a political consideration like that be thrown in when you have a fully functioning judiciary. which agree that the president is going to need a better a nswer president is going to need a better answer than the one he gave last night when it comes to the debate next week with joe biden? night when it comes to the debate next week with joe biden? i'm looking forward to the debates because will be up to see donald trump plan out his vision and joe

biden would not be able to defend his radical agenda. you're expecting to see the president there, we'll let you go there, thank you very much. there is a beloved tradition in america that has come to symbolize this smooth transfer of power every four or eight years, even — and perhaps, especially — when the new president is of a different party. and that is the letter a president leaves to his successor. the national archive has published some of these letters — and it felt like a good day to remind ourselves what it should look like. so here isjust a snippet, from a letter written by president george bush snr to president bill clinton in 1993. dear bill, i wish you great happiness here. i never felt the loneliness some presidents have described. don't let the critics discourage you or push you off course." and here are some of the words bill clinton left for george w bush in 2001. "from this day you are president of all of us, he wrote. the burdens you now shoulder, are great but they are often exaggerated. the sheerjoy of doing

what you believe is right, is inexpressible. my prayers are with you and your family. beautiful. not so beautiful the reaction today on capitol hill when donald trump arrived to pay his respects to ruth bader ginsburg, who lies in repose. have a listen. crowd chants: vote him out! not very edifying. we will talk about that a little later in the programme but, the booing of the president reflects the anger in washington. and you've also been to maine this week, i wonder how far away washington felt when you are up there during the reporting. this agreed saying that i heard several times over the past few months, if donald trump walked on water,

democrats would say what? he can't swim? and democrats would say what? he can't swim ? and that democrats would say what? he can't swim? and that is pretty much how they feel. it seems to them to be a media driven hysteria that has no relation whatsoever on most peoples lives outside of the beltway here in washington and away from the big cities around the country. and what about you ? since cities around the country. and what about you? since she left us?” cities around the country. and what about you? since she left us? i am keen to know how you are going to vote because you are out in the sticks, what are you going to do? i know you're going to want me to say that i'm going to vote by carrier pigeon but i voted in person, it was very well organised never was wearing masks and for my absentee ballot, there was a bit of confusion because political parties and a lot of get out the vote organisations

are sending people request ballots which means they have gotten to and others of god up to five. and who has to sort that out? the town clark and he is not happy at all, they do not want that happening at all. best of luck. "i cannot save every business, i cannot save everyjob," the words of the british chancellor today, who warned new restrictions they imposed this week to contain coronavirus, could last up to six months. the chancellor is replacing the furlough scheme which has been in place since march, with a jobs support scheme, which will only support those jobs that are"viable". the government is going to support those people who are in work "on shorter hours" who can be saved from redundancy. employees who qualify for the support must be working at least a third of their normal hours and being paid as normal. the government and employer will pay one—third each of the hours that are lost.

firms medium and small will be to apply for support, although larger ones will have to show turnover has fallen. businesses who have not yet used the furlough scheme can access the job retention scheme. the new measures are expected to cost 300 million pounds a month — but the chancellor said it's impossible to predict how manyjobs can be saved. it is impossible to predict given the uncertainty in the shape of the labour market. as they have said, i cannot save every job labour market. as they have said, i cannot save everyjob they cannot protect every single business and we started the scheme, it surprised everybody. economic commentators, the skill of the take—up of that and 9 million people at the jobs protected to the furlough scheme, for example. my expectation is hope is that this new scheme will be able to benefit a large number of people in no particularjobs through the

difficult winter months. here to talk more about the chancellor's new plans is our international trade correspondent dharshini david and to compare and contrast with the united states plan to support the economy our new york business correspondent samira hussain. ifi if i can start with you, the thinking of the chance there is targeting works because it is not in an employer's interest to protect jobs that will not be there at the end of this. absolutely. they're been lots of questions about the scheme today and ultimately do not forget that the furlough scheme was intended as a bridge to carry livelihoods for the crisis and the crisis created a wider deeper activity than anyone expected. to be effective, it has to reach the end of the crisis in carry—on with a different, less generous scheme which ultimately means that what is a viablejob which ultimately means that what is a viable job mean? which ultimately means that what is a viablejob mean? it means which ultimately means that what is a viable job mean? it means whether employers can actually get the money to keep paying and in this case, the

vast majority of the wages. what does this mean ultimately? it does mean that there is going to be jobs lost. over one intent of the british workforce in over 3 million people are still on furlough at the moment. at the moment, the future is uncertain than the others have lost theirjobs and there will be more pain in the short—term but underlining this can't go on forever. it is a scheme that has been used and used to get effect in germany, but the concern that was expressed by the opposition was that if you put a scheme like this in place, you somehow encourage employers to put two people on part—time seek get the benefit rather than keeping one person in a full—timejob. rather than keeping one person in a full-time job. the chancellor let's been looking at the skin for quite a while, but we had less than 24 hours notice that this can be unveiled. because new movement was revealed

and that was the crisis that the economy is still facing. yes, there are many holes in the scheme and one that they do in this shadow chancellor highlighted is that yes, there could be some unintended consequences in that sense, also if you're unemployed, there've been industries crying out since it was announced in the travel industry, nightclubs, entertainment sing look, if our businesses and able to operate at the moment because the restrictions, we haven't got a hope of benefiting from the scheme because we do not have the money coming in at the first place paper wages. things are to be ironed out but when the chancellor ask in this kind of way, he goes for fast, he goes to something comprehensive and easy to apply rather than something thatis easy to apply rather than something that is can be tricky to do. congress is even thinking about a relief package because it's so focused on the supreme court

nomination. what are people here expected to do? politics of really taking over when it comes to supplying any more kind of relief. rememberat the supplying any more kind of relief. remember at the beginning of the pandemic when congress acted quickly with 2 trillion plus spending bill and that really did a lot of good for the overall us economy. if you look at the economists, it's as they really save the us economy from falling into freefall at the very beginning. that said, we saw that a lot of that funding expired injuly and there was some hope that congress would be able to agree to a new stimulus package, but there's no that that is going to be coming and congress is really involved in appointing the next supreme court nominee, but that is overshadowed

any kind of relief of stimulus package. a presidents performance will bejudged on package. a presidents performance will be judged on the economy, but because the unemployment is still awful and that's take a look at those figures. 26 million people unemployed at the peak in may, down to 12.6 million now, it is still pretty bad, but he put that into perspective? before this plan to make it —— pandemic kid, this is something that we have never seen 50 years and in almost a blink of an eye, we signed unemployment rate just crater in the united states no significantly just crater in the united states no significa ntly worse just crater in the united states no significantly worse than what you saw during the 2008, 2009 financial crisis. now the question is how does the us economy recover from this? if you look at the two ways to do this, monetary policy, things like the central bank and then there are

fiscal policies, that is being fed the federal government can do. we heard from the american central bank, was a lot more forthcoming than we've ever heard from the central bankers, just calling on the need for some more action from the federal government that the federal reserve would do whatever it can in terms of making it easy for people to borrow money and fundamentally, those kinds of policies do not help the average person on the ground and these are the people that have been most largely impacted by this pandemic, it has been some of the more lower wage, these are the people that need the most help. as a senior capacity, there were quite bullish on how the economy was going, not in comparison to last year but what they're forecasting earlier in the year and there is some growth. we hearfrom joe biden today that it looks like a case

shape recovery. so we've had a&w, but when you've got money comes going to be all right, but if not, not so good. if you do not have the money to spend. just pick that one up money to spend. just pick that one upfor money to spend. just pick that one up for me. it is, i would do over the alphabet soup, i don't think we can put it shape on the sick recovery because the nature of the virus, the nature of the recovery and the nature of the stimulus programme is changing all the time and we look at what is going on here, about stimulus package because in the uk, we have not seen over £20 billion being pumped is the uk economy by the government, that is the equivalent of over 10% of our annual gdp, it is a huge amount and pa rt annual gdp, it is a huge amount and part of that is the fact that it's

only affecting, it's really the effect the government has right now. and the kind of figures were talking about, people talk about unemployment here reaching levels we have not seen since the 1980s and that could have a lingering impact on the economy for years to come and forget the easy charts and the numbers, this is something that is going to be costing us for quite a while. thank you both very much indeed forjoining us. for those watching on bbc world news — we'll be right back students at universities in scotland are being told they will be breaking the law if they leave their student accommodation and return home to stay with their families. it comes after an outbreak at the university of glasgow where 12a students have tested positive for coronavirus and more than 600 students have had to self—isolate. here's scotland correspondent lorna gordon.

the rules changed in scotland because the up to people testing positive for coronavirus. the scottish government said they no longer white households anywhere in scotla nd longer white households anywhere in scotland to mix indoors and that applies to students as well. they have said that this will be reviewed every three weeks and she did warn that when she announced the change that when she announced the change that the regulations may be needed longer than the initial three weeks as well. the residents of louisville, kentucky have woken up to an uneasy calm after their streets were overtaken with rage last night. nearly a—hundred—and—thirty people have been arrested after protests turned violent at the decision not to prosecute the officers who killed

a black woman breanna taylor in march. two police officers were shot and wounded. from louisville, our corrrespondent aleem maqbool sent this report. to contain the outrage felt by protesters here. they took to the streets after it was announced no police officer would be held accountable for the killing of breonna taylor earlier this year. this will be have been fighting for for the past couple of months, all of the injustice. all of the racism and everything. this isjust us being tired. nojustice! no pes! the crowds were starting to thin out when things. shots suddenly started ringing out and two officers were

hit. one is alert and stable the other one is currently undergoing surgery other one is currently undergoing surgery and stable. we do have one suspect in custody. he has been named as lorenzo johnston suspect in custody. he has been named as lorenzojohnston and has already been charged with first—degree assault. demonstrators just feel this is another example of a clear double standards. where is the accountability for the cops? if thenl the accountability for the cops? if then i commit a crime, i am not accountable for that they need to be held accountable the same way that i am an artist will be right here fighting for. the plainclothes officers who shot breonna taylor after bursting into her home, will not face trial for killing her. the list of grievances for those who said they are fighting for social justice just keeps being added to.

you may have got a sense at the top of the programme just how many people have been paying their respects these past two days to ruth bader ginsburg, who has been lying in repose outside the court she did so much to change. her life has served as an inspiration for countless americans, most notably women. the bbc caught up with three of them to hear what she meant to them. i able to attend a military institute, one of the top colleges in this country. i would be forced to take cooking class. times are changing. so, ijust up as her for superhero day. my mum posted on facebook and it went viral when she sought. supreme courtjustice actually changed and transformed my life. i will never forget being in my high school classroom when we

we re my high school classroom when we were watching the supreme court institute decision on tv. it wasn't until that moment that i realise that i was relegated to second—class citizenship simply because of his female. i remember her saying in that opinion, that women can do all things if given the opportunity. and i completely agree. when i was 23 yea rs i completely agree. when i was 23 years old, i was being denied housing benefits and medical care for my husband. the aclu, which had a woman's project headed by her, wa nted a woman's project headed by her, wanted to help with the case. the man is, or should wanted to help with the case. the man is, orshould be wanted to help with the case. the man is, or should be the independent partner in a marital unit. she said

women, were all decisions are being made. and i became an attorney because she used it as a tool on the battlefield. as a warrior fighting for equality. and 25 years later, i was invited to be on a panel at the women's memorial in washington. they set upa women's memorial in washington. they set up a photo shoot for a fundraising calendar and i met her there and she invited us to the chambers and she taught. over the yea rs, chambers and she taught. over the yea rs , we chambers and she taught. over the years, we had a letter writing relationship. a holiday card, she would send me a little gift sometimes. she was very gracious woman. and i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. she fought for things that we re states. she fought for things that were right and this world would be insanely different if she did not stand up for things. she was very positive force in my life, but as a woman, i also thought that too. she

was, she changed the law. only the second woman to serve as a supreme courtjustice only the second woman to serve as a supreme court justice and only the second woman to serve as a supreme courtjustice and she becomes the first in the state of the capital. well, you can really feel the autumn in the air now. first thing this morning in northern scotland, it was —5 celsius. we had a few hailstorms during the day and other parts of the country, and the autumn chill is with us at least for the next 2—3 days. and on top of that, it'll turn very windy tomorrow across eastern and southeastern areas. if you look at the north atlantic, there's a cloud out there, weather systems lining up. the whole atmosphere across the atlantic is becoming alive and an autumnal picture. so, let's see what's happening then through the course of this evening and overnight. showers scattered across england and wales — not too many of them around scotland and northern ireland.

in fact, here, the winds will also be light with clear skies, meaning temperatures in glasgow and edinburgh will be close to freezing early on friday morning, and no doubt below freezing in the countryside. so here's the weather map for friday, then, and there's a low pressure in the southern portion of the north sea. so that means that these areas here will get the worst of the weather. gale force winds are expected from the northeast of england, along the north sea coast, down into east anglia and the southeast, as well. gusts around coasts possibly up to 60 mph, a0 orso inland, and on top of that, we've got showers, temperatures only 12 celsius — it's going to feel cold. further towards the west, still windy, but not quite so windy. so we're thinking in belfast, liverpool and cardiff, it shouldn't feel too bad at all. now here's saturday, and we're in sort of a window of opportunity — a weak high pressure is building across the uk, from the north this time. so this is where the best of the weather will be, certainly a fair bit of sunshine around, but notice still that strong wind blowing off the north sea, so hull and norwich are in for showers and another

cold day on saturday — it'll feel warmer in places like cardiff and also plymouth. saturday evening, you can see that wind continuing, and those showers in east anglia. now the temperatures during the course of the weekend will be nippy. we're talking about a frost in scotland, because the winds will be lightest here. but where we've got those winds blowing off the north sea, temperatures will probably hover around nine celsius. now over the weekend isn't looking too bad. the winds are light, there'll be some sunshine around, but the indications are that clouds, wind and rain will increase next week eventually. bye— bye.

you're watching bbc news with me in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories... president trump is met with chants of "vote him out" on the steps of the supreme court after he refused to commit to an orderly transfer of power whatever the election result. we want to make sure the election is honest and are not is honest and i'm not sure that it can be, i don't... i don't know that it can be. the result in texas could be too close to call on election night, but is the reliably red state really in play this year? also in the programme... as the us presses ahead with new further sanctions on iran, we speak with the iranian ambassador to the united nations. students face an entirely new era

of tests as uk universities restart there has been hundreds of postive coronavirus cases. raising concern over travelling home, even for christmas. for democrats, texas is the white whale of electoral politics. worth 38 votes in the electoral college, it's the same as four wisconsins, and winning it would make a republican path to the white house much harder. and as the demographic shifts slowly to become less white and more diverse, each cycle the democrats hope that this could be the year they finally flip the lone star state. but the problem is they never have.

despite the state getting ever more competitive, it's still voted republican for the last ten elections in a row. so where are we this time? let me show you the polls nationally as it stands. it is 51% biden a3% trump. but in texas, trump leads, albeit narrowly a7.3% against biden's a5%. it is time then to get our very own a—z on texas, with anthony zurcher who is there for us, in the city of austen. i learnt today that their slogan is keep austin weird and it is politically because it is an outlier, isn't it? it is and i grew up outlier, isn't it? it is and i grew up yourand it outlier, isn't it? it is and i grew up your and it was an outlier when i was a kid, a little island of the liberal blue amongst a sea of red but texas is transitioning. cities like houston, san antonio, dallas

are becoming weird like austen, liberal and i think that is why you are seeing some democrats look at these polls and think the trend over these polls and think the trend over the last few elections and sayjoe biden has a chance in texas, democrats have a chance and as you mentioned if that flips over to the democratic column, that pretty much guarantees democratic president as long as it stays true. of course overhear the one name we associate with texas is better overwrought because he had a star power. some say he was all hat and no cattle but he was a star and really brought the focus to texas. did the democrats have someone with the same kind of swagger? it's hard to match what he did two years ago in the midterms, he was a phenomenon. he was fundraising like a presidential candidate. and he became a presidential candidate although he

didn't do nearly as well as i thing a lot of people thought he would in the democratic primaries. like now the democratic primaries. like now the polls show him a little bit ahead then donald trump as overriding here but what a lot of democrats are paying attention to is not necessarily the senate it's a lot of congressional districts in the cities, the suburbs which they flipped in 2018, there is some more they think they can flip this year and they are even talking about taking over the state legislature in the 50 that they get to be part of redistricting and draw the district lines in texas could become a battle ground for the next decade.” lines in texas could become a battle ground for the next decade. i am so angry for you! you have stolen all my best lines! all hat and no cattle was mine and so is keep austin weird. we are consumed with being cross with christian but what are

the big issues in texas? the big issues as they are all over the country, coronavirus. there has been a lot of pushback against the republican governor here about the impositions he has made, whose mansion is right here over my shoulder has imposed lockdowns, closing bars, he is trying to extend the amount of time people can vote early in texas, a lot of conservatives have objected to that. coronavirus, the economy once again, immigration, these are all big issues in texas and it's not always issues in texas and it's not always issues that work out well for donald trump. even though as you mentioned it's traditionally a conservative state although i will say democrats say it's not a conservative state, red states and nonvoting state because only 51% of texans voted. that puts it in the bottom six of nationwide voter turnout. keeping

austin weird for us, thank you for joining us. one of the defining foreign policy decisions of donald trump's presidency has been the hard line he has taken on iran. the pressure was ramped up even further this week, with an announcement on new sanctions on iranians involved in arms related activities. there are also new penalties for any foreign government that might choose to sell weapons to iran. that position puts the trump administration at odds not only with the security council, that rejected these sanctions, but also with britain, france and germany. the nuclear agreement they are keen to preserve is hanging by a thread. here is us secretary of state, mike pomeo speaking earlier this week. today i will take the first action under this new executive order by sanctioning the iranians ministry of defence and armed forces logistics. and iran's defence industries organisations and its director. we are also citing the previous president of venezuela, nicolas maduro, for nearly two years, corrupt officials in tehran

have worked with the illegitimate regime in venezuela to flout the un arms embargo. our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide. let's speak to iran ambassador to the united nations majid takht—ravanchi. thank you very much forjoining us. if donald trump is re—elected in november, is there any future for iran, us relations? first of all, we are not iran, us relations? first of all, we a re not interested iran, us relations? first of all, we are not interested to be involved in american politics. so it's not for iran to see who is going to be elected to the white house. it's for the american people to decide the next president. second, the question of iran, us relations, go back to many years of hostility by different american administrations against the

iranians people. for the last couple of years, the whole international community has witnessed the hostility towards the iranians by imposing harsher sanctions against the people, even the food and medicine, medical equipmentare the people, even the food and medicine, medical equipment are also pa rt medicine, medical equipment are also part of this outfit, even during the pandemic so if one wants to talk about iran us relations, first of all the us has to put aside these illegal approach towards iran which is the illegal sanctions which have been imposed on us for the last yea rs. been imposed on us for the last years. you must be looking at the state of american politics and thinking is it going to be ajoe biden presidency or donald trump presidency. do you think underjoe biden a return to the nuclear deal might be possible? as far as that

question is concerned, there are three issues that have to be addressed. first, we need to be assured that the reneging of the us administration on the nuclear front should not be repeated. that assurance has got to be presented to iran. second, is the question of damages. both in terms of material damages. both in terms of material damages as well as in terms of human suffering that the sanctions have cause for the last couple of years against the iranians people. so this question is also of paramount importance for us. the damages that have been inflicted on the iranians nation has to be addressed. the third point is that the us needs to go back to the implementation of, if

thatis go back to the implementation of, if that is the case, provided the a nswe rs that is the case, provided the a nswers to that is the case, provided the answers to the first two questions are also satisfactory, i think we canjoin the are also satisfactory, i think we can join the full limitation of the gc poa. you talk about fairness, how much longer are you going to keep nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe as a political hostage? you know, she has been, she is out of prison now. she is going to be prosecuted for a second time! can she not suffered enough? this is the matter which is being handled by thejudiciary in iran and the iranian executive branch is following the case solely under humanitarian question. on what charges? this is a matter that has to be addressed... what charges would she face? this has to be addressed by the judiciary. would she face? this has to be addressed by thejudiciary. the government is doing its best to

address the humanitarian nature of this question, but the matter has to be decided by the judiciary who is an independent organ within the policy. then there is the recent execution of the popular iranian wrestler, the a0 day hunger strike, the iranian human rights lawyer who continues to be punished. all of that including nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is hugely damaging to iran's international relationship. is other questions that i believe have to be answered in another setting. i am in charge of the year end first and i'm responsible for the un is. —— united nations... you want us to accept you asa nations... you want us to accept you as a peace—loving democratic nation and ux execute people. you did not let me finish. i was trying to say

that he was charged with murder and he was convicted in a court for murder and we have capital punishment in iran as it is the case in other countries including the united states. so he was convicted and sentenced was carried out because the family of the victim was murdered did not allow the sentence to not to be carried out. so that's the question as far as it is concerned. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much indeed for joining there. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. thank you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... students have just returned to uk universities. we'll be speaking to a one who has just found out coronavirus could keep her on campus through right through christmas. today marks a5 years since the first britons conquered the treacherous

south face of everest. doug scott was the first of them to stand on the summit, along with his team—mate dougal haston. fiona trott has been to carrock fell in the lake district, where doug used to train for all his expeditions. congratulations, every single one of us, well done. joy, but also relief. sir chris bonington led the 1975 expedition. hours before, he thought it might be a rescue mission, but doug scott and dougal haston had made it. they were the first to ascend the south—west face and reach the summit of everest. today, a summit in cumbria sets the scene for a different kind of everest challenge. some of these climbers want to match its height. it will take several trips. among them, doug scott's son, ewan. this is ewan hitting the high point. number one, done. back at base, just as he did a5 years ago, sir chris bonington keeps a watchful eye.

they've been captured by the concept and the achievement of what we did and what doug particularly did, i think in a way to actually be able to celebrate that climb and celebrate what he achieved then is particularly meaningful. people around the world have been marking this everest anniversary, climbing their stairs to raise money for the charity doug scott set up. it helps the nepalese community, who supported the expedition. doug himself took part, he has recently been diagnosed with cancer and is at home. carrick fell is where doug scott used to train. today's climb has been a fitting tribute to his achievements, a5 years ago. fiona trott, bbc news, cumbria. an extraordinary achievement as he climbs the stairs, well done to him.

wrexham football club is one of the oldest in wales, but it's the potential new owners who are grabbing all the attention. that's because the people looking to put money into the club are actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney. that's right, we are talking about the stars of deadpool, detective pikachu and it's always sunny in philadelphia and they are in looking to invest £2 million in the tiny club. andy swiss has the story. as one of the worlds biggest movie stars, he is no stranger to unlikely stories. make you a superhero. but could ryan reynolds to be about to swap the bright lights of hollywood for the floodlights of north wales? this is a non—league wrexham. a football club run by its supporters who have now revealed they are into million pound takeover talks with ryan reynolds and another hollywood actor, rob mcelhenney. as plotlines go, it

takes some believing. of course, for us, receiving contact from hollywood a—list stars, of course that's a surreal experience. but, i have had several conversations with both rob and ryan and they seem very down—to—earth, serious and confident people with lots of energy, so hopefully, we will hear more from them. for a club which almost went out of business in 200a, it's a remarkable development. fans are now set to hear ryan reynolds's plans at a special meeting, but he confirmed his interest on twitter. back in 2012, two fans had joked about him coming to wrexham. last night, he replied, "yep, you never know." so, what would it mean for one of those fans to actually meet him? i would probablyjust stand there in silence, i'm a huge fan. i wouldn't know what to say, to be honest. it'sjust such an incredible story. you read about these things going viral all the time,

being inundated with notifications, it'sjust been... yeah, the last 24 hours have been crazy. we have already seen russell crowe buy an australian rugby team and will ferrell a us football club. but ryan reynolds and wrexham? the club's box office moment was then beating arsenal in the 1992 fa cup. but what happens now could be a real blockbuster. andy swiss, bbc news. i remember that goal. what a belter. university students in the uk have been settling into these first few weeks of their new term. many living with new people, in new accomodation. and for some it is their first time away from home. every year it is the biggest internal migration of people around the uk, normally something to be celebrated, but not in the midst of a pandemic. we have had a number of outbreaks at universities here in the united states. dr fauci giving evidence to congress yesterday, said under no circumstances should students who test positive be returning home. they should be able to accommodate

the students in facility, may be a separate dorm or a separate floor. so they don't spread amongst the student body but do not send them home to their community because the likelihood of them reseeding infection in the community. in scotland, there have been hundreds of positive cases with more than 1,000 students now self—isolating. the univerisities have pledged to make it "absolutely clear" there must be no parties and maybe no christmas. there was a warning today that students might have to stay where they are in december, away from their families. here's the health secretary matt hancock responding. students should stay at university until christmas, until, we have said that already and we don't rule out what... the suggestion that you just made, but i don't want to have to say that. and some time off, and i very much hope that we won't have to say that,

but as i say, i don't rule it out. we're joined now by one of those students facing the prospect of christmas on campus. hannah holbrook is a first year student at sheffield hallam university. it's lovely to see you. tell us a bit about you. where are you, what have the first few weeks been like? lam in have the first few weeks been like? i am in sheffield hallam halls and i am studying events management and i moved injust nearly a week ago now. this first week has been strange. but also a good strange, if that makes sense. it has been nice having the freedom and independence but also we have all the rules and restrictions it has not been what everyone was hoping it to be like. bit homesick? not yet. not yet, no. how did you react when you read today that maybe you would have to

stay there over christmas with a load of people you have onlyjust met? that was not something i was expecting to hear. not something i want, i don't think any of the other students won't either. it is going to bea students won't either. it is going to be a difficult one. the guy has just said, he might, they don't want to say that but they will not rule it out as a possibility, for me, christmasjust would not be christmasjust would not be christmas if i was in this tiny little room behind me christmas to me is about spending it with family at home, with my mum, my little brother and family. sol at home, with my mum, my little brother and family. so i feel like it would be a very, very strange and i really hope it doesn't come to that. however with the way things are going it is kind of looking like that might be a possibility. what happens if you get sick? they have told us if you get sick we have to isolate in ever flat for 14 days but then that would also mean the other

five people in the flat have to isolate as well. so at the moment, i don't know of anyone here that has had to isolate. i'm not 100% sure, but at the moment we are all 0k. and just being as cautious as we can. how do you you are ok? are you being tested ? a how do you you are ok? are you being tested? a lot of universities here in the us are doing regular testing twice a week. as anything like that happening in your university? no, nothing like that is happening. as the stellar backlog with the tests? i have not been tested, we are going off if we have symptoms than we think about going to get a test, but that's the only way we are going off at the moment. we're not having tests frequently like you have said. parties either? no, i have heard of a few happening but because of the clubs open this week in my flat there are six of us so we have been

toa there are six of us so we have been to a couple of the events that we can go to. and trying to stay in the flat as much as possible. good for you. i keep my fingers crossed you can go for christmas. best of luck with your studies. thank you so much. i had a mate at sheffield hallam if those halls. i used to go quite a lot, i was a student in leeds and they had a thing called the pyjama jump. all the boys went in nighties on the town and the girls went out in their pyjamas. i bet they don't do that any more. this is it, look these are pictures i found today. this this is it, look these are pictures ifound today. this is this is it, look these are pictures i found today. this is them this is it, look these are pictures ifound today. this is them doing it. now it would be a super spreader event. you could not do it now. actually i think it was when i went. ocon christian. i learned so much about you doing these shows but this is too much information.” about you doing these shows but this is too much information. i look good ina is too much information. i look good in a nightie. that was quite a night. no!

right, before we go, when you zoom do you use some of these or one of these? i avoid zune calls like the plague. so bob blackman who is the mp for harrow east has asking parliamentary questions from home. and he has been wearing one of these. and house of commons speaker sir lindsay hoyle thinks he looks like an airline pilot. and he has been making fun of him, more than once. ground control to first officer bob blackman, bob blackman! thank you, mr speaker. now going on the flight path to harrow east, captain bob. we are going over to captain bob blackman, bob blackman. heading to the cockpit with bob blackman, bob blackman. thank you, mr speaker. now heading to bob blackman, who is about to land this thank you, mr speaker. now heading to bob blackman, who is about to land this question, bob blackman. thank you, mr speaker. we are going to bob blackman, where we are clear to land his question, bob blackman. i love it, i love his sense of

humour. it never gets old. have i missed that. it is a good job he doesn't from home, i found missed that. it is a good job he doesn't from home, ifound a picture of him today with this menagerie at home like doctor dolittle. he has a dog, two dogs, a cat, a tortoise, parrot called boris. imagine the chaos if he called in from home.” think we have got a picture. wait for it... no, we haven't got it. anyway, he has all these animals. as long as there are no pictures of unr nightie that's all i care about right now. i can live without the parrot. i don't want to see you and a nightie. the names would be worse than captain bob. thanks for being with us, see you next time. goodbye.

to three days ago autumn came to a halt. the temperature was —5 in scotla nd halt. the temperature was —5 in scotland in the highlands. the lowest temperature for a september night since 1997. it will stay pretty chilly for many of us over the next few days. the weather is also going to be changeable, bouts of rain but also sunshine and if you look at the atlantic will see whether systems lining up as the autumnal atla ntica atmosphere comes to life. we can see this weather system piling in. also in the last

day or two we would have seen this colder air stream establish itself across the uk pushing rigid residual warmth to europe. we have this air strea m warmth to europe. we have this air stream through friday and the weekend. this is what it looks like early on friday, huge contrast in the weather during the course between the east of the country and the west. in the east you will see very strong winds, gale force, up to 60 on some costs with heavy showers. blustery across central england. best of all the weather is further west across parts of cornwall, western fringes of wales, into northern ireland and western scotland. the winds will be at least lighter with sunshine around. compared to the north seacoast, anywhere from aberdeenshire southwards into east anglia is not going to feel pleasant. it will feel very cold indeed if you are caught in those 16 mild in our gusts for example on the north norfolk coast.

we are in between weather systems. that means rural areas will feel close to freezing. we one weather map, still clipping us, parts of lincolnshire, the south—east catching showers. strong went, the best of the weather on saturday will be more western areas in cardiff, liverpool or glasgow or stornoway think the weather on saturday is looking fine. but a breeze but sunshine. saturday night into sunday again in between weather systems. one still quite close to south—eastern parts of the uk. more cloud, more of a breeze so chilly. many areas further towards the west should have a fine day. the next weather system waiting in the winds

probably make things cloudy across north—western areas. next week it looks as though we are going to lose some colder air. milder airheads in every direction, temperatures may bump up as we head into monday and tuesday. wednesday onwards the middle part of the week will see a jet stream making a beeline for the uk. remember it's the superhighway for rain and wind, spawning areas of low pressure, potentially vigorous ones, heavy rain and strong wind and that will sweep across the uk. no surprise if i tell you next week is looking autumnal with a bit of luck in between wind and the rain will also get some sunshine. that's it for me. thanks for watching.

tonight at ten, the chancellor outlines his plans to save millions ofjobs and the economy, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. rishi sunak says the government will top up the pay of many workers, who've been forced to cut their hours. i cannot save everyjob. no chancellor could. but what we can and must do is deal with the real problems businesses and employees are facing now. his newjob support scheme replaces furloughs and has been welcomed by many, deeply worried about the future. it definitely helps, today's announcement, with regards to the fact that staff would have had no choice but to be made redundant at the end of the month. we've got to get through this next six months and the measures the government have announced today aren't helping us as a hotel,